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American Revolution


American point of view: The British used the colonies as a way to make money. They had the power to enact laws in Parliament outside of America which significantly affected life and trade in the 13 colonies. These Acts of Parliament benefited the British but not the colonies. In addition, colonists were not afforded the same rights as the British people, nor did they have any representatives in the British Parliament to present their points of view. The colonists protested and their protests led to revolution.

British point of view: The British view on the American Revolution was that the colonies owed the empire for everything it had provided, such as protection, economy, and supplies. In reality, the British people were divided about the outbreak of war with what was then their colony—over how bad it was, whose fault it was and what to do about it. (time.com)

View from Canada: "At the time of the outbreak of the American Revolution, the population of the Canadian provinces was not large by comparison to the population of the thirteen colonies. Nova Scotia, which had not yet been divided from modern New Brunswick, had some 20,000 inhabitants, of whom approximately 12,000 were from New England. The majority were living in scattered rural settlements and had little in the wayof political interests... According to a Nova Scotia petition laid before the Continental Congress, some six hundred settlers were believed to be able and willing to aid the Revolution. The white population of what is now Ontario was virtually non-existent. Quebec had a population of approximately 90,000... From 10% to 15% of the adult male population of Quebec was sufficiently active in support of the Amercian Revolution to warrant their names being recorded so in government records. Large numbers of others provided more or less passive support; they sold supplies, mounted guard, provided transportation services when they were requisitioned, etc. Most of the rest of the population was deliberately neutral, apparently seeing the dispute as none of their business..." In addition to the Quebecois, many Acadians joined the American Revolution. They strongly disliked the British because the British exiled them from Acadia in 1755. Many spent time exiled in the American colonies and, thus, became fluent in English.
(Canadian participants in the American Revolution, an index, by Virginia DeMarce - familysearch.org)


These ancestors played an active role in the U.S. Revolutionary War / American War of Independence:

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American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Phineas MEIGS (21 September 1708, Guilford, Connecticut, USA - 19 March 1782, Madison, Connecticut, USA (East Guilford))
(John MEIGS & Rebecca HAND)

Boston Tea Party  photo of ancestor   Thomas MELVILLE (16 January 1751, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale) - 16 September 1832, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale))
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Jean-Baptiste MENARD dit BRINDAMOUR (1735, , France - 15 May 1815, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité))
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Phineas MERRILL (19 February 1755, New Hartford, Connecticut, USA - 31 March 1828, New Hartford, Connecticut, USA)
(Joseph MERRILL & Abigail STONE)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Lemuel MESSENGER (20 July 1759, Simsbury, Connecticut, USA - 4 May 1839, Granby, Connecticut, USA (North Granby))
(Nathaniel MESSENGER & Eleanor GRIFFIN)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Benjamin MICHAUD (7 February 1734, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre) - 23 July 1815, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre))
(Pierre MICHAUD & Anne-Angélique DUPERE)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  George MIDDLETON (1735, - 6 April 1815, )
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Alexandre MIGNAULT (MIGNEAULT) (18 August 1744, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre) - 1806, )
(Pierre MIGNAULT (MIGNEAULT) & Agathe ROY)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Basile MIGNIER dit LAGACÉ (MIGNER) (27 January 1747, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere) - 18 August 1816, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere))
(Michel MIGNIER dit LAGACÉ & Marguerite PELLETIER)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Nathan MILLER (20 March 1743, Warren, Rhode Island, USA - 20 May 1790, )
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Ephraim MINOT (17 June 1742, Concord, Massachusetts, USA - 14 September 1794, Concord, Massachusetts, USA)
(James MINOT & Elizabeth WILDER)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Jonas MINOT (25 April 1735, Concord, Massachusetts, USA - 20 March 1813, Concord, Massachusetts, USA)
(Samuel MINOT & Sarah PRESCOTT)

Boston Tea Party  male ancestor  William MOLINEUX (1725, , England (United Kingdom) - 22 October 1774, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale))
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  John MONTAGUE (6 May 1750, Hadley, Massachusetts, USA - 14 June 1803, Hadley, Massachusetts, USA)
(John MONTAGUE & Thankful SHELDON)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Jean-Baptiste MONTAMBAULT dit LEVEILLE (4 January 1746, Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault) - 2 June 1816, Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault))
(François MONTAMBAULT dit LEVEILLE & Marguerite MORAND dite GRIMARD)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Pierre-Michel MONTIGNY (30 May 1707, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) - 9 August 1784, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada)
(Michel MONTIGNY & Jeanne-Therese CATIN)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Michel MONTMINY (8 April 1725, Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont) - 16 March 1798, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada)
(Joseph MONTMINY & Marie-Angelique FORGUES)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Claude MONTY (4 August 1734, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly) - 1799, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly))
(Jean MONTY & Marthe POYER dite LAPINTADE)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Claude MONTY (7 June 1760, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly) - 1840, )
(Claude MONTY & Marie-Anne BOYER)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  François MONTY (20 February 1736, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly) - 8 February 1809, Chazy, New York, USA (Sciota))
(Jean MONTY & Marthe POYER dite LAPINTADE)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Hercules MOONEY (1715, , Ireland - April 1800, Holderness, New Hampshire, USA)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Elisha MOORE (7 January 1739, Windsor, Connecticut, USA (Poquonock) - 17 May 1795, Windsor, Connecticut, USA (Poquonock))
(Joseph MOORE & Elizabeth ALLYN)

Boston Tea Party  male ancestor  Francis MOORE (1741, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA - 7 August 1833, Lynn, Massachusetts, USA)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Mark MOORE (4 May 1749, Sudbury, Massachusetts, USA - 28 March 1832, Warwick, Massachusetts, USA)
(Daniel MOORE & Elizabeth WHITE)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Simeon MOORE (6 January 1732, Simsbury, Connecticut, USA - 18 July 1789, Windsor, Connecticut, USA (Poquonock))
(Benjamin MOORE & Eunice OWENS)

Boston Tea Party  male ancestor  Thomas MOORE (1753, - August 1813, )
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  William MORGAN (17 June 1723, Groton, Connecticut, USA - 11 April 1777, Groton, Connecticut, USA)
(William MORGAN & Mary Ann AVERY)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Antoine MORIN (1725, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec) - 25 January 1786, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada)
(Pierre MORIN & Marie-Françoise BOULET (BOULAY))

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Augustin MORIN (1723, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec) - 16 December 1801, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud))
(Pierre MORIN & Marie-Françoise BOULET (BOULAY))

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Joseph-Marie MORIN (5 April 1732, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere) - 14 April 1784, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers))
(Andre MORIN & Marie-Jeanne-Anne DUBE)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  James MORRIS (19 January 1752, Morris, Connecticut, USA (South Farms) - 20 April 1820, Goshen, Connecticut, USA)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Abner MORSE (11 October 1759, Medway, Massachusetts, USA - 11 March 1821, Medfield, Massachusetts, USA (Harding))
(Ezekiel MORSE & Rebecca COZENS (COUSINS))

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Daniel MOSHER (30 December 1746, Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA (North) (Bliss Corner) (Smith Mills) (Padanaram) - 7 February 1840, Roxbury, Morgan, Ohio, USA)
(Ephraim MOSHER & Eunice RAIMAN (RAYMOND))

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Eprhraim MOSHER (21 September 1726, Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA (North) (Bliss Corner) (Smith Mills) (Padanaram) - 28 MAY 1823, Washington, New York, USA (Millbrook) (Lithgow))
(Hugh MOSHER & Sarah DAVOL)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  George MOSHER (11 October 1740, Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA (North) (Bliss Corner) (Smith Mills) (Padanaram) - 8 August 1825, Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA (North) (Bliss Corner) (Smith Mills) (Padanaram))
(Benjamin MOSHER & Abigail MAXFIELD)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Joseph MOSHER (12 July 1732, Uxbridge, Massachusetts, USA (North Uxbridge) - 29 October 1801, White Creek, New York, USA)
(Jonathan MOSHER & Isabelle POTTER)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Samuel MOSHER (9 March 1742, Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA (North) (Bliss Corner) (Smith Mills) (Padanaram) - 23 April 1815, Saratoga County, New York, USA)
(George MOSHER & Hannah WING)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Reuben MOSS (10 June 1759, Cheshire, Connecticut, USA - 17 February 1809, Ware, Massachusetts, USA)
(Jesse MOSS & Mary MOSS)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Abner MOULTON (27 June 1748, Brimfield, Massachusetts, USA (East) (Parksville) (Fentonville) - 1 August 1824, Monson, Massachusetts, USA)
(Freeborn MOULTON & Rebekah WALKER)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Calvin MOULTON (10 May 1753, Brimfield, Massachusetts, USA (East) (Parksville) (Fentonville) - 8 May 1825, Brimfield, Massachusetts, USA (East) (Parksville) (Fentonville))
(Freeborn MOULTON & Rebekah WALKER)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Cutting MOULTON (25 July 1748, Newbury, Massachusetts, USA - 1 June 1808, Parsonsfield, Maine, USA (Kezar Falls))
(Samuel MOULTON & Mary ORDWAY)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Daniel MOULTON (12 March 1762, Brimfield, Massachusetts, USA (East) (Parksville) (Fentonville) - 12 January 1849, Monson, Massachusetts, USA)
(Freeborn MOULTON & Rebekah WALKER)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  David MOULTON (18 June 1760, Hampton, New Hampshire, USA (Hampton Beach) - 18 October 1838, Porter, Maine, USA (Porterfield Plantation))
(John MOULTON & Mary MARSTON)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Ebenezer MOULTON (28 January 1746, Brimfield, Massachusetts, USA (East) (Parksville) (Fentonville) - 1816, Brimfield, Massachusetts, USA (East) (Parksville) (Fentonville))
(John MOULTON & Ruth BOUND)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Elijah MOULTON (10 August 1753, Brimfield, Massachusetts, USA (East) (Parksville) (Fentonville) - 1844, Clarke, Durham, Ontario, Canada)
(Freeborn MOULTON & Rebekah WALKER)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Freeborn MOULTON (3 April 1717, Windham, Connecticut, USA (Willimantic) - 9 June 1792, Brimfield, Massachusetts, USA (East) (Parksville) (Fentonville))
(Robert MOULTON & Hannah GROVES)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  John Bound MOULTON (29 March 1744, Brimfield, Massachusetts, USA (East) (Parksville) (Fentonville) - , )
(John MOULTON & Ruth BOUND)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Jonathan MOULTON (30 June 1726, Hampton, New Hampshire, USA (Hampton Beach) - 28 September 1787, Hampton, New Hampshire, USA (Hampton Beach))
(Jacob MOULTON & Sarah SMITH)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Joseph MOULTON (15 January 1738, Brimfield, Massachusetts, USA (East) (Parksville) (Fentonville) - 6 February 1816, Monson, Massachusetts, USA)
(Freeborn MOULTON & Rebekah WALKER)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Jotham MOULTON (12 February 1742, York, Maine, USA (Cape Neddick) (York Beach) - May 1777, York, Maine, USA (Cape Neddick) (York Beach))
(Jeremiah MOULTON & Hannah SAYWARD)

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